The TV turns on, without prompt, and switches to the news. The company you are working for has decided to implement a new AI system, rendering your role and the roles of many of your colleagues redundant. You ask your virtual assistant to bring up your social media and attempt to post your distaste at…
The Court of Appeal has issued its ruling in Adaptive Spectrum and Signal Alignment Inc v British Telecommunications plc [2023] EWCA Civ 451. The case concerned a contract between Adaptive Spectrum and Signal Alignment Inc (ASSIA) and British Telecommunications plc (BT) to settle several international patent disputes concerning home broadband internet connection technology. Amongst other…
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Microsoft entered into a $68.7 billion deal to buy Activision, a video games publishers, in January 2022. The CMA launched an in-depth review of the deal in September 2022, and in February 2023 provisionally found that the merger could make Microsoft grow str4onger in cloud gaming, stifling competition in a growing market. In an update…
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The long-awaited Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill has received its first reading in the House of Commons. The publication of the Bill follows the UK government’s responses to the “reforming competition and consumer policy” and “a new pro-competition regime for digital markets” consultations. It has three key areas of focus: Consumer protection The consumer…
The Council has adopted the General Product Safety Regulation, which will reinforce the safety rules for products sold both offline and online. The Regulation aims to strengthen market surveillance for unsafe products and consumer rights for anyone who has been sold an unsafe product. The 2001 Directive on general product safety required consumer products placed…
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Last month, the UK government published its draft Media Bill, which would broaden how broadcasters can meet their public service obligations and bring some platforms under strict regulatory control. The DCMS Committee is now carrying out pre-legislative scrutiny and is inviting submissions with a particular focus on the following points. Public Service Broadcasting Should the…
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UK law Committee calls for evidence about Data Protection and Digital Information (No.2) Bill A House of Commons Public Bill Committee is going to consider the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill and has now issued a call for evidence. The Public Bill Committee will scrutinise the Bill line by line. The first sitting of…
In 2022, the CMA found that Google Play accounted for 30-40% of all net revenue generated by UK consumers using in-app payment systems. It also found that in 2021, Google Play’s average commission was between 25% and 30%. Google Play accounts for over 90% of native app downloads on Android devices and restrictions placed on…
As part of our 50th Anniversary celebrations we are inviting you to share the pro bono work your organisation is doing in the tech law space. We would love to hear about the work you do that showcases how tech can aid people; whether it be to speed asylum requests, giving people access to justice…
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UK law Data Protection Act 2018 (Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 made The Data Protection Act 2018 (Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/414) have been made. Paragraph 14 of Schedule 20 provides a transitional exemption for an automated processing system set up before 6 May 2016 from complying with the requirements of section 62(1) to (3)…